Cecily's Journal: Learning about Jewish history

(Entered by Cecily; punctuation corrected by SC)  Today we went to the Jewish Museum and the Emigration Museum. They were both terrific sights. The first place we went was the Jewish Museum.When we were first entering the museum we saw a railing that you had to get through.Well of course I told Dad to go first. He did.When he was going through the railing he got stuck and so he pushed harder. Minutes later the guy came over and said would you like me to unlock that. Dad said yes, so he unlocked it. When we got inside we bought are tickets.The total was not much. When we were getting are audio guides the lady asked for an I.D.mom dug in her purse and found it surprisingly fast. The lady gave us audio guides but only 4. When Dad passed them out Meredith asked, ''Where is mine''.  Dad replied ''I do not know''. Olivia pulled out ear plugs and shared. Our tour begun in about 35 minutes.We looked around a little.The tour was about to start.The first place we went was a small synagogue. The lady talked about the Jewish being poor. A guy behind me  immediately said  ''They are not poor''. The guy was Jewish. You could tell. They argued and argued.  Finally the man quit. The lady then said before you leave you can take pictures. So people crowded and got few photos but most were ok. Then we went to the big synagogue. It was huge in the inside. The lady finally told us to sit.Then she talked more. She went on about how the place was built. It was interesting. Then I asked a question:''Why don't they have faces of people here''. She said because it is one of their rules. Then we went back to the museum and looked at few other things. Then went the Emigration Musem.When we were looking at moms family history she started crying because she felt so bad for what they went through. Then when we were going up the stairs (SC started taking dictation here), the man who was at the office said, "We are closing," so we said, "Oh, OK," and we left. Dad asked if we could go to that church across the street.  The church was called "The Holy Name of Mary".  Outside of the church, we saw Trajan's column.  It used to be just a column, but then somebody added on a statue of St. Peter holding the keys.  Trajan built the column for himself. Then we went inside the church.  I thought there would be tons of people because there were tons of people near the church, but when we got in, there was only us. Then we sat and stared at the cross. Then we prayed. Later on, more people came, and left, and then we left a little bit later. Then when we got to the tram stop, Dad suggested we go to our favorite pizza place and eat dinner. We waited for the train, but it never came, so we walke to it.  I thought it would be really far, but actually it was only a few minutes. For dinner we had two Margherita pizzas water and wine and a diavalo pizza.  After that, Meredith and I had a cherry and lemon granita, and we walked home, and Livvy and Mom did not want to get gelato, so we walked straight home and did not go to the bar to get it.  Then Mom and Meredith and Dad went to church at 8:30, but the church was closed, so they went to another church that we'd been too before.  Overall, I had a good day.